ACE Hosts Second International Education Roundtable

​At ACE’s second International Education Roundtable May 9, American embassy representatives from nine countries took an in-depth look at issues facing the global higher education community.

The International Education Roundtables are part of ACE’s ongoing efforts to build a dialogue between American higher education and the Washington diplomatic community.[Photo, from left to right: Patti McGill Peterson, ACE; Govind Mohan, Indian Embassy; Aluwani Museisi, South African Embassy.]

At the May 9 meeting, participants discussed how higher education leadership can address:

Preparing students to be effective citizens and professionals in a globalized world;

Challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies in delivering education; and

Concern over needs and methods of assessing institutional performance and student learning.

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